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Ken
Burns was inspired to produce The War, mostly
because of two alarming facts: WWII veterans are dying at
a rate of more than 1000 per day and a study noted that a
large percentage of high schools students are graduating
believing the United States fought with the Germans, against the
Russians in WWII. You can help touch both issues in your
classrooms and groups.
TEACHER’S KIT
PBS is sending
out a “Power of
Storytelling” Teacher’s Kit to go to all high
schools in September, 2007. For more information, visit
the Veterans
History Project website or the PBS
Teachers' website.
LIVE
VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP
WKNO will also be airing a special program
created especially for the classroom. Echoes
of War: Stories from the Big Red One will air
live on Thursday, September 27 at noon on Channel 10. This
program will originate from the First Division Museum at
Cantigny in Wheaton, IL, providing viewers the ability
to interact with war veterans and the program’s hosts
via the Internet or by phone. This broadcast is provided
at no cost to you. To register, visit the Echoes
of War website.
MAKE
IT LOCAL
WKNO is producing a companion documentary to The
War. This program, entitled The
Call of Duty: WWII in the Mid-South, presents
stories from local WWII veterans and those living in the
Mid-South during the war years.
There
are many wonderful WWII veterans willing to share their
stories to your students. In order to get connected with
veterans, contact local veterans organizations.
TN Dept
of Veterans Affairs:
Julia Richardson:
Julia.richardson@state.tn.us
(901) 543-7397
Shelby County Government Veterans
Services:
Joseph
Kyles: joseph.kyles@shelbycountytn.gov
(901) 545-4075
The University of Memphis Department of History
has an active oral history program collecting veterans’ stories
for the Library
of Congress’s Veterans History Project.
They also have a wealth of resources and are always looking
for more veterans to interview and archive.
For more information:
Dr. Charles Crawford
(901) 678-2524
or visit The
University of Memphis website
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